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Patented Dec. 26, 1882.

'f'H'I N. PETERS, Phullimographur. wamngwn. D, C.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. HOLCOMBE ANDCLIFFORD A. HOLCOMBE, OF ELOII, WIS.

PUMP-CYLtNDeR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,523, dated December 26, 1882. Application tiled August T, 1.852. I (No model.)

ot'theUnited States, residing at Beloit, countyI ot'Rock, and State otWViscousin, haveinvented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Pump- Cylinders, of which the following` is a specilication.

Our invention relates to improvements 'in pump -cylinder, in which the cylinder-barrel is 1n two parts, with the ends beveled to cor' respond with eachother, with a self-adjusting packing, and a water-space between the packing and barrel.

The objects of our invention are, l1irst,to make a self-adjusting packing; second, to provide au open space for water between the packing and the cylinder-barrel; third, to save expense of boring and polishing the barrel; and, fourth, to lessen the friction and resistance ot' the plunger or suckerin its upward movement. IVe accomplish these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in-which- Figure l is a sectional elevation through the longitudinal center of the cylinder; and Fig. 2 is a similar lview ofV a section, showing how a metal ring may be used with beveled faces to hold packing iu a double-acting cylinder;

Fig. 3, a cross-section on the linear a: ot' Fig. l. Similar letters refer to like parts in the different views. y

The section A of the cylinder is drawn inward or contracted at its upper end, thereby forming a supporting-ledge for the packing and a short guideor bearing for the piston E, which being of considerably smaller diameter than the interior of the main body of the cylinder leaves a space or annular chamber, t', between the piston and cylinder, as shown in Fig. 1.

TheA two parts ot the barrel are threaded, and, when screwed together, the beveled surfaces hold the packing D firmly in place and at an angle to the cylinder and when the sucker or plunger E is in position the inner edge of the packing, which is of leather or any other suitable material, ts tightly around the plunger and prevents the passage of water down around the outside of the plunger. The movement ot' the plunger E upward, when pumping, has a tendency to lift the upper edge of the packing and lessen the friction; but the pressure of the water at t', Fig. l. holds the packing against the plunger to prevent water passing downward. Packing put in in this wayis stationary and self-adjusting, and does not dependupon any packing-nut or other device to keep tight around the plunger.

In Fig. 2, G is a metal ring, with upper andI lower surfaces beveled to correspond with bevels on the upper and lower parts of the cylinder, and two leather or other packingrings (indicated by letters D) are used, and in this way our device may beA readily adapted t0 a double-acting cylinder.

Instead y of providing the elongated piston with a valve,itmay be made solid,and the pack ing-ring l) made to act both as a valve and a packing, the downward pressure of the piston upon the water in the cylinder causing the water to rise and pass upward between said piston and the packing', I), which, being dexible and extending upward in an inclined p0- sition, will yield to the pressure of the water. When, however, the piston rises the pressure of the water 'above the packing will hold the latter in contact with the piston and prevent the downward passage or" the water. In such case the lower end ot' the cylinder will be closed and provided with an upwardly orinwardly opening Valve, and the contracted guiding portion ot' the cylinder will be channeled or grooved to permit the water t0 pass without destroying the guide; or the'coutractioumay be omitted and the flexible packing made to act also as a guide.

IVe do not broadly claim a packing held between the ends ot' two cylinder-sections screwed or fastened one to the other; nor do we claim a pump Vin which a piston passes through a contracted 'portion or guide formed in the cylinder. We however believe ourselves to be the rst to utilize the packing for the purposes of avalve, and we also believe ourselves to be the first to employ a beveled metal ring ot'larger diameter than the interior of the cylinder, to hold the packing ring or sheet in place, and to form a supporting-ledge for the packing.

It will of course be understood that when the ring Gris employed and the packing is ICO made to serve also as a valve the lower packing-strip will not project over the channels or passages in the ring, as they would then interfere with the upward passage of the Water, the upper packing being sufficient to prevent leakage around the piston.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In combination with the cylinder-sections A A, having beveled mouths, as shown, and the packing-rings D D, the beveled ring G. placed between the packing-rings, and projecting outward between the ends ofthe cylinder-sections, as shown and described, whereby said beveled ring is clamped and held firmly in place between the sections, and the paola ing-rings are clamped between the sections and the ring.

2. In combination with the sections A A' and packing-rings DD, extending to and bearing against the piston, the intermediate clamp-` ring, Gr, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In apump, the combination of a cylinder having an inwardlyopening valve at its lower end, an elongated piston of materially smaller diameter than the interior of the cylinder,

whereby an annular water-space between' the' piston and cylinder is afforded, a exible packing` extending inward and upward from the cylinder to the piston, whereby it is adapted to permit the passage 'of water upward between the cylinder and piston` but to prevent its passage downward, and asupporting-ledge beneath the packing, provided with one or more 

